FOUR men will go on trial today in connection with the shooting of an Ormskirk policewoman as she attempted to foil a robbery at a pub. Dog handler PC Katie Johnson, 30, was shot in the leg following the raid at the Hospital Inn in Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, on New Year’s Eve 2007.

She suffered 12 pellet wounds in her left thigh but has since made a full recovery and is back on duty.

Judge Anthony Russell QC will preside over the the hearing at Preston crown court, which is expected to last up to eight weeks.

It is understood legal argument will delay the opening of the prosecution case until tomorrow.